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25-Year-Old Hawaii Kicker Became Unlikely Hero With Self-Taught YouTube Crashcourse

The Hawaii football team had an unlikely hero in its season opening win over Stanford. Starting kicker Kansei Matsuzawa connected on game-tying and ...
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Hawaii kicker wins the internet with unbelievable backstory

Hawaii’s Kansei Matsuzawa, who learned how to kick on YouTube in Japan, hit a game-winning field goal to lift the Rainbow ...
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Hawaii kicker’s incredible story is what college football is all about

Kansei Matsuzawa taught himself how to kick a football after seeing an NFL game on vacation. Saturday night he was the hero ...

Hawaii stuns Stanford with walk-off FG: Rainbow Warriors rally late for thrilling win to open 2025 season

Hawaii opened the 2025 season with a thrilling 23-20 win over Stanford on Saturday to cap off Week 0 action. Hawaii kicker ...
The Stanford Daily4h

Stanford football opens season with ugly loss in Hawaii

Stanford fell 23-20 to the Rainbow Warriors on a last-second field goal as quarterback Ben Gulbranson struggled in his ...
KHON Honolulu on MSN3h

Hawai’i football sweeps Mountain West weekly honors

The University of Hawai‘i football team swept all four Mountain West weekly honors following its season-opening 23-20 victory over Stanford on Saturday at Clarence T.C. Ching Complex. Quarterback ...
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Rainbow Warriors football preview final day: Place-kicker Kansei Matsuzawa

The thing was, Matsuzawa had never played football before. After returning to Japan, he ordered a football online, made a tee, watched YouTube videos of Jason Myers of the Seattle Seahawks, and ...